Every time you flip a switch, there's an entire network working behind the scenes to power your day. As the Salem area grows, Liberty has invested in this network by adding a second electricity supply line to serve the Rockingham Substation. This "power behind your power" makes our grid stronger, service more reliable, and provides backup support when demand is high or unexpected outages occur. It also supports future growth in Tuscan Village while keeping neighboring homes and businesses up and running. 

Supporting growing communities requires continued investment in the electric system. To serve the expanding Tuscan Village development, we installed new electric circuits and other infrastructure to provide reliable service for new homes, restaurants, stores, and community spaces. These improvements help accommodate future growth while maintaining the reliable electric service you depend on. 

Learn more about Liberty’s involvement in the recently completed construction of Tuscan Village’s Building 1300 here.  

Many neighborhoods throughout our service territory are served by underground direct buried electric cables that have been in service for decades. As these cables age, they become more susceptible to failures that can result in longer outages while crews locate and repair the problem.  

We are proactively replacing older underground cables with modern infrastructure designed to improve reliability and, where possible, allow power to be restored more quickly.  

Learn more about one of the neighborhoods Liberty is currently working in here.

You likely have a “remote control” to open your garage, start your car, or even turn on the lights before you get home. We have one, too, but ours works from our electric control center, allowing us to manage parts of the electric system from miles away. Automated switches, reclosers and other smart grid technology allow us to detect problems, isolate outages so fewer customers are affected, and restore power to many customers more quickly. 

Reliable electric service also depends on having the right technology behind the scenes. We’re replacing aging equipment in our substations with modern Remote Terminal Units (RTUs), which provide real-time information to our control center. Together, these technologies give our operators better information about the health of the electric system, helping us identify potential issues, respond more efficiently, operate the system safely, and improve reliability across our service territory.